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Meta's Threads app is getting a bookmarking feature to save posts
Threads is beginning to test a bookmarking feature to allow users to save posts, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri.
Meta plans to ramp up labeling of AI-generated images across its platforms
Meta says it will ramp up labelling of AI-generated images across Facebook, Instagram and Threads in the coming months. It plans to do the same with AI-generated audio and video as third-party tools start incorporating industry-standard invisible signals.
Maliciously edited Joe Biden video can stay on Facebook, Meta's Oversight Board says
The Oversight Board is urging Meta to update its manipulated media policy, calling the current rules “incoherent.”
20 years later, Facebook is a supporting character in the Mark Zuckerberg universe
It’s been 20 years since Mark Zuckerberg first brought thefacebook.com online from his dorm room, but Facebook occupies an increasingly awkward space in Meta’s “family” of apps.
How to delete your Instagram account
Tap Account Center and a menu will appear showing you the singular or multiple profiles you manage and all the tools on one page. Instead of selecting “Personal details” as you would on a mobile device, tap “Your information and permissions,” which will open up three drop-down menus, one of which reads “Deactivation or deletion.” Tap and then select the profile you want to deactivate or delete, then select which action you want to proceed with. Either way, you will be prompted to write your password for that profile if you select to deactivate or delete the account. Finally, you will need to select a reason for deleting or deactivating the account, and then you’re done. Once you select the reason, for a second time, Instagram will ask you to confirm deletion and give you a date that your account details will be permanently deleted off of the platform. Again, after your request goes through, it can take Meta up to 30 days to delete the account and affiliated information permanently. Meta does warn that during the 30 days pass, your content will remain subject to Instagram’s privacy policy, but your information and profile will not be accessible to other people using Instagram. It also is worth noting that it can take up to 90 days for the deletion process to finish after it gets initiated. So if you're really trying to disappear, it could take a while.
Meta's Reality labs had its best quarter, but still lost more than $4 billion
Reality Labs, Meta’s division for AR, VR and the metaverse, just had its best quarter yet despite continuing its multibillion-dollar losing streak.
Meta Quest headsets get spatial video playback, just in time for the Apple Vision Pro launch
Meta Quest headsets just received a system update that allows them to play stereoscopic video, otherwise called spatial video. This feature comes just ahead of tomorrow’s Apple Vision Pro launch.
Senate tells social media CEOs they have 'blood on their hands' for failing to protect children
The CEOs of Meta, Snap, Discord, X and TikTok are testifying in a hearing about child exploitation.
How to watch the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Discord, Snap and X testify about child safety
The CEOs of five social media companies are headed to Washington to testify in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about child safety.
Instagram is testing 'flipside,' a finsta feature that already kind of exists
Instagram is testing yet another feature meant to give users an alternative to finstas, called "flipside."
New York City has designated social media as a ‘public health hazard’
New York City has officially become the first city in the US to designate social media as a “public health hazard.”
The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses’ new AI powers are impressive, and worrying
Meta is adding new AI capabilities to its smart glasses. Using them has been unexpectedly eye-opening about the current state of AI.
Facebook and Instagram will block DMs to teens unless they're from a friend
Facebook and Instagram users under 16 — or 18, in some places — can no longer receive DMs from anybody they don't follow by default, even if they're sent by fellow teens.
Meta’s Oversight Board raises concerns over automated moderation of hate speech
Meta's Oversight Board has raised concerns over the company's ability to effectively moderate hate speech with its automated systems.
Meta is letting users uncouple Messenger and Marketplace accounts in the EU
It follows regulations in the Digital Markets Act, which goes into effect in March.
Mark Zuckerberg is the latest billionaire who wants to create artificial general intelligence
Meta is reorganizing its AI teams as it joins the growing ranks of companies trying to create artificial general intelligence, or AGI.
Facebook and Instagram's algorithms facilitated child sexual harassment, state lawsuit claims
An unredacted Meta internal presentation has revealed that the company's own employees recommended that 100,000 child users were harassed daily.
Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Meta’s board
Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Meta’s board of directors after 12 years, ending her last official role with the company.
Facebook was inundated with deepfaked ads impersonating UK's Prime Minister
A communications firm found 143 different ads impersonating the UK's Prime Minister on the social network last month.
Meta reportedly laid off 60 technical program managers at Instagram
According to Business Insider, Meta recently told at least 60 of its employees at Instagram that it's eliminating their position altogether.